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Description

Sweet and healthy. The fuzzless kiwi that grows on this vine is exceptionally sweet – with 20% natural sugar. And it has eight times more vitamin C than oranges! This variety thrives almost anywhere, except in extremely wet soil. It is also exceptionally productive, bearing up to 100 pounds of fruit annually. The vine grows rapidly, so it requires a sturdy support system, which should be built before or soon after planting. Heat-tolerant. Ripens in late August. Self-pollinating.

Characteristics

Bloom Color

Green, White

Fruit Color

Green

Fruit Size

Small - Medium

Pollination

Self-pollinating

Ripens/Harvest

Late August

Shade/Sun

Partial Shade - Full Sun

Soil Composition

Loamy

Soil Moisture

Well Drained

Soil pH Level

5.5 - 7.0

Taste

Sweet, Good

Texture

Firm, Juicy

Years to Bear

2 - 3

Zone Range

5 - 9

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range
5 - 9

My Hardiness Zone
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The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering.

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BEST ANSWER:When a plant or tree drops its fruit before it's fully developed that's called "Shatter". Your plant may still be to young to bear fruit to maturity at 3 Yrs old. If the soil and climate are good, and you water and fertilize regularly you should see the plant bear to maturity in a few years.

BEST ANSWER:When a plant or tree drops its fruit before it's fully developed that's called "Shatter". Your plant may still be to young to bear fruit to maturity at 3 Yrs old. If the soil and climate are good, and you water and fertilize regularly you should see the plant bear to maturity in a few years.

BEST ANSWER:there are a lot of good online resources that will help with this question. In short Kiwi Berries should be grown to develop a bi directional curtain (sometimes referred to online as a curtain of diminishing returns). a main trunk should be developed (I am training mine to a 6ft high trunk) with two main cordons branching off in both direction. From these cordons will grow your fruiting canes that need to be pruned each year. These fruiting canes will form the curtain that should be supported by a wire 2ft away from the cordon and running parallel to the cordon. The curtain should be pruned in the summer to keep it off the ground.

BEST ANSWER:there are a lot of good online resources that will help with this question. In short Kiwi Berries should be grown to develop a bi directional curtain (sometimes referred to online as a curtain of diminishing returns). a main trunk should be developed (I am training mine to a 6ft high trunk) with two main cordons branching off in both direction. From these cordons will grow your fruiting canes that need to be pruned each year. These fruiting canes will form the curtain that should be supported by a wire 2ft away from the cordon and running parallel to the cordon. The curtain should be pruned in the summer to keep it off the ground.

Good question--instead I bought an inexpensive arch [while kiwi grows, I plant 6 hills of cucumbers & train them to grow vertically by tying ropes abt 1 ft. apart from side to side]This will be their 2nd winter. Last yr. only grew abt 5 ft.---no fruit[hoping...

I have one male and three female hardy kiwi vines purchased by Miller Nurseries. I am not sure if they are 'Anna'. I think they may have been listed as 'Arctic'. My question is: Would the Issai cross pollinate my current female vines? I would like to purchase one additional vine and I thought getting a different variety (Issai) would be good. Plus it is self-pollinating so it would not be dependent on my current male in case he ever has a year without flowers.

Arctic Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta) will not cross pollinate with the hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta). If your male Kiwi has white and pink markings on the leaves it is an Arctic Kiwi. A male arguta will help Issai set even more fruit.

Arctic Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta) will not cross pollinate with the hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta). If your male Kiwi has white and pink markings on the leaves it is an Arctic Kiwi. A male arguta will help Issai set even more fruit.

BEST ANSWER:I wouldn't recommend it. Once mature and productive, these vines become quite heavy. Also, the deer would likely devour it in no time. Oregon State University has a very extensive and helpful growing guide in a free .pdf online. Google "OSU kiwi" and it'll pop right up. Hope this helps.

BEST ANSWER:I wouldn't recommend it. Once mature and productive, these vines become quite heavy. Also, the deer would likely devour it in no time. Oregon State University has a very extensive and helpful growing guide in a free .pdf online. Google "OSU kiwi" and it'll pop right up. Hope this helps.

BEST ANSWER:Isaai will set fruit without a male pollinator, but will do better with one nearby. Anna requires a male pollinator. These two varieties will not pollinate one another because they're both female. We recommend the Hardy Kiwi Pollinator for best results from either tree:

BEST ANSWER:Isaai will set fruit without a male pollinator, but will do better with one nearby. Anna requires a male pollinator. These two varieties will not pollinate one another because they're both female. We recommend the Hardy Kiwi Pollinator for best results from either tree:

I purchased my kiwi plant last spring. It did very well adjusting to the planting/soil; however, I do not see any berries this spring. I know plants take a little time to adjust and grow and it is a healthy plant this spring, but no berries as of 12 months from original planting date (in Missouri).

I planted mine last fall when arrived and am in the process now of traing the "trunk" up the center pole. It is growing fast as promised, but there are two other upwardly mobile shoots as well. Should these be cut off?

Customer Reviews

I planted this over a year ago. I'm getting my first fruits this year. Make sure you give it something to climb and it should do great. I live in TN and the heat (it gets over 100) and the cold (it got to zero) didn't hurt it one bit.

Planted this in an 18" pot on my penthouse terrace in Summer, 2015. It began putting out new vining growth almost immediately. Growth is continuing this Spring, with lots of bright green leaves and a few new branches that I have been training to grow along the top of a trellis that hides an ugly parapet railing. Within the last few days I have also been seeing a few round green nubs that may be potential flowers. For such a young plant it looks very vigorous and healthy.

I received this vine in great shape, so far it seems to tolerate zone 5/6 weather. No fruit as of yet, but it take 2-3 years before it will bear fruit. I trimmed it last year to help it branch out a bit. I have seen a few you tube video's that really recommended this variety of Kiwi for its hardiness and flavor. I can't wait for fruit production.

I planted this kiwi about 3 years ago. It is a beautiful plant, with nice deep green leaves. I got some berries this year, they're sweet and absolutely delicious! My husband and my son like them more then grapes!

So i just posted a Review for a Goji berry and now posting for this. the two plants are separated from each other, but ultimately has the same soil. I live in NE Pa and i have clay soil and red shale not far under the soil. So i pretty much have crappy soil in my yard. Worse than i originally thought. i planted the Kiwi 3 years ago and BARLY made it the first year. The leaves were growing speckled yellow and thought was i over watering or under watering, was I giving it the right amount of NPK or was the soil deficient micro nutrients. I did everything i could think of, but thy late July into August when it got hot and dry it just simply lost leaves and died back and would essentially restart at the base when the weather cooled until front hit it in the fall. this year i took drastic measures, i dug the soil around the plant 1 foot around the perimeter of the outer edges of the roots. I dug 6 inches deep and removed the existing soil and put tree and shrub soil from Home Depot. With in 2-3 weeks i started to see new grown despite the hot weather. I got new growth all over and the leaves came out nice and green and not splotched. Looking forward to next spring when i hope this plant really takes off.

Currently the ONLY reason i give it 4 stars is because i dont have fruit or blossoms from it yet. I will come back and Re rate when i get fruit on it.

The first year, my Kiwi was a little slow to take off, but this Spring, it's come back great, and doing really well. I'm hoping we might see some fruit this year. Service, shipping, etc was excellent with the company.

I'm giving this product 4/5 stars because it's still too early to tell how it will produce. I've placed the kiwi in the ground with a few others that were planted a year to two ago and so far, the plant is doing well! Well draining sandy loam with constant moisture is allowing this plant to thrive. I haven't seen it gain much height in the last month or so, but it's still early. I'm looking forward its progress in the next few years! The plant arrived healthy, happy, and with good signs of being well tended in the nursery.

I purchased 2 Issai Hardy Kiwis last fall in dormancy(trimmed to several inches tall) and they have sprung up very nicely from the strong roots grown in the pots they were delivered in. My only complaint is some damage to the branches which likely happened during shipping. But since this hardly hindered growth I am fully content with the purchase.

Plant didn't make it to much rain last year it started out growing but rain drowned it out I think a larger plant might of had a better chance I would say start at home in a pot and transplant latter just a thought plant was awful small to start

My Issai Kiwi is only a year old and is showing very vigorous growth so it must be a healthy plant that is also happy where I put it. I built a rustic pergola for it to grow on too and am anxiously awaiting it's maturity, which I am aware will be in minimally another three years. I bought it for the fact that it is self pollinating and that I did not have to bother with purchasing two plants, male and female. As soon as I heard that such a kiwi plant existed, I looked it up and bought it. I was doubly pleased that it was sold by such a reputable plant company. Thank you. I love it and thank you for stocking it!.

I planted the kiwi in a large vase (weare short on water so I use containers so I can conserve the water) and hope it will grow on the fence which is close by. It freezes back but comes back in the spring. It is so pretty.

It grows a lot slower then what I expected. In one year it is only about a foot tall. My other cold hardy varieties are growing so much faster. They are over seven or eight feet in length and I planted these both last year

When the potted plant arrived last spring it was in good shape but it was neglected for a week before plating. Once planted, all of the leaves fell off and we thought we may have lost it. It did bounce back however last year. It is leafing out this spring and we hope we get to see vigorous growth this year.

Ordered the Issai Hardy Kiwi last fall. Had our fingers crossed it would make it through our hard winters. It's now sprouting out. Can't wait to see it get larger and eventually fruit. I'd definitely recomend this plant.

growing a bit this spring after a mild winter. I think thre should be more warnings in the catalogue about this being a potentially invasive species. I trying to decide if I should pull the plant out before it gets too big.